Hi Marco,
On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 08:36:50PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 14.04.2025 um 17:48:13 Uhr schrieb Frank via mailop:
>
> > T-online refers to standards and legal regulations, enforcing their
> > policy. In special "RFC 1912, FCrDNS, EU-Richtlinie 2000/31/EG
> > Artikel 5." (cite from link above).
>
> Can you please give a hint how that requires mail server operators (a
> domain can be used without a web server) to operate a web server at all?
T-Online obviously treats everyone as a service provider ("Diensteanbieter").
And "Diensteanbieter" must comply with EU-Richtlinie 2000/31/EG Artikel 5
where it's said:
Artikel 5
Allgemeine Informationspflichten
(1) Zusätzlich zu den sonstigen Informationsanforderungen nach
dem Gemeinschaftsrecht stellen die Mitgliedstaaten sicher, daß
der Diensteanbieter den Nutzern des Dienstes und den zuständigen
Behörden zumindest die nachstehend aufgeführten Informationen
leicht, unmittelbar und ständig verfügbar macht:
a) den Namen des Diensteanbieters;
b) die geographische Anschrift, unter der der Diensteanbieter
niedergelassen ist;
...
Do you see a way to provide the service providers name, snail mail address,
Handelsregisternummer in an _easy_ way ("leicht ... verfügbar"), using a
SMTP Server?
Putting these informations in the SMTP handshake (i.e. HELP
command) is for sure _not_ seen as an easy way by EU bureaucrats
or lawyers.
On the other hand, setting up a minimalistic webserver with just
one static page, no php, no cgi or stuff, is some tedious extra work but
not a big safety risk.
However, it's true that we do see customers who don't want to put
up with the hassle and book a mail relay service with us to avoid
this problem.
--
Gruss Frank
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